Jack wrote this book after passing as an American sailor stranded in London in 1902. He had been sleeping in flop houses living among the desitute. A classic novel of the people who live in the abyss of poverty. This book is the best selling novel of... Zobraziť viac
A luscious, heartbreaking story of self-discovery through the relentless pursuit of desire. I couldn't get enough of this devastating and extremely sexy book' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties Rachel is twenty-four, a lapsed... Zobraziť viac
Books make beautiful Christmas gifts, and they'll be swept away by this warm hug of a book! 'Pure heaven, from first word to last' Sunday Times'A tour de force' Sarah Winman, author of Still LifeThis is the story of an old English manor house by the... Zobraziť viac
The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite! The English translation has sold over 35,000 copies. Essentially the start of Dazai''s career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates... Zobraziť viac
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two Oprah Book Club Picks―She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True―Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father who, after an unbearable tragedy, reckons with the possibility... Zobraziť viac
She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family's support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection... Zobraziť viac
Olivia fled her abusive marriage to return to her hometown and take over the family beekeeping business when her son was six. Now Asher is over 6 feet tall and in his last year of high school, a kind, good-looking, popular ice hockey star with ... Zobraziť viac
Missouri, 1985: Um vor den Problemen zu Hause zu fliehen, nimmt der fünfzehnjährige Sam einen Ferienjob in einem alten Kino an. Und einen magischen Sommer lang ist alles auf den Kopf gestellt. Er findet Freunde, verliebt sich und entdeckt die... Zobraziť viac
1944. It's a Saturday lunchtime on Bexford High Street. The Woolworths has a new delivery of aluminum saucepans, and a crowd has gathered to see the first new metal in a long time.Everything else has been melted down for the war effort. An instant... Zobraziť viac
The Prose of the Mountains contains three tales of the Caucasus by Aleksandre Qazbegi, one of the most prescient and gifted chroniclers of the Georgian encounter with colonial modernity. His stories offer an invaluable counterpoint to the predominantly... Zobraziť viac
The CWA Dagger-winning first Louise Penny novel, reissued and repackaged by Sphere<br> The discovery of a dead body in the woods on Thanksgiving Weekend brings Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his colleagues from the Surete du Quebec to a small... Zobraziť viac
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 - December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and... Zobraziť viac
Washington Irvings haunting, macabre stories will give wide-eyed young readers delightful chills. This spooky anthology of timeless tales includes "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the eerie "Rip Van Winkle," the funny "The Specter Bridegroom," and "The... Zobraziť viac
They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat. The Death of Vivek Oji... Zobraziť viac
Born into poverty in San Francisco in 1876, Jack London is one of the most well-known and beloved of all American authors, as well as one of the first Americans to become world famous and wealthy from his literary career. London lived a colorful and... Zobraziť viac
Here is Paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of Vichy and Algeria. American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have... Zobraziť viac
Post-university life doesn’t suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer... Zobraziť viac
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDFrom the inimitable Rabih Alameddine - National Book Award finalist and winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - comes a tragicomic saga set in Lebanon, a modern story of family, memory, and the unbreakable (and insane... Zobraziť viac
In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, ... Zobraziť viac
The Museum of Broken Promises is a place of wonder and sadness, hope and loss. Every object in the museum has been donated - a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby's shoe. And each represent a moment of grief or terrible betraya... Zobraziť viac
